My friend and I were having a conversation about dogs and I said that I like dogs. He said that I should buy a dog since I like dogs. I said that even though I like being around dogs and playing with them, I don't feel like owning a pet. My friend told me that I was not making sense by saying that I like dogs, but I don't feel like owning a pet. My friend told me that I'm just cheap and a tightwad for not buying a dog. I kept telling my friend that I'm not being a tightwad. I like being around dogs, but I don't feel like owning as a pet. My friend still insists that I'm a tightwad. We went on and on talking about this for a couple of hours! What do you think about this? I don't see what is the big deal about not buying a dog.
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Welcome to Animal Husbandry 101, this is the place for all things animal.
Did you get a new pet? Tell us about it.Do you have a question about pet care? Ask it here. Are you thinking about getting a pet? Let us know.
There are a great many animal lovers at Tweb anxious to hear about and join in the fun.
In addition to the regular set of rules called the DECORUM, others rules will be enforced here as well.
1) Please keep all pets on a leash.
2) Please clean up after those pets that aren't quite paper trained.
3) Gerbils are not good pets. It's a long story
Thank you and let the games begin.
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I don't think you should ever buy an animal on impulse or because someone is trying to guilt trip you. It's a big responsibility, especially dogs that will eat up a lot of time and money (cats are much easier). If you don't feel you could put your heart into caring for the animal then I think it would be unfair to the animal to adopt it.
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Originally posted by Jaxb View PostMy friend and I were having a conversation about dogs and I said that I like dogs. He said that I should buy a dog since I like dogs. I said that even though I like being around dogs and playing with them, I don't feel like owning a pet. My friend told me that I was not making sense by saying that I like dogs, but I don't feel like owning a pet. My friend told me that I'm just cheap and a tightwad for not buying a dog. I kept telling my friend that I'm not being a tightwad. I like being around dogs, but I don't feel like owning as a pet. My friend still insists that I'm a tightwad. We went on and on talking about this for a couple of hours! What do you think about this? I don't see what is the big deal about not buying a dog.Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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Originally posted by Jaxb View PostMy friend and I were having a conversation about dogs and I said that I like dogs. He said that I should buy a dog since I like dogs. I said that even though I like being around dogs and playing with them, I don't feel like owning a pet. My friend told me that I was not making sense by saying that I like dogs, but I don't feel like owning a pet. My friend told me that I'm just cheap and a tightwad for not buying a dog. I kept telling my friend that I'm not being a tightwad. I like being around dogs, but I don't feel like owning as a pet. My friend still insists that I'm a tightwad. We went on and on talking about this for a couple of hours! What do you think about this? I don't see what is the big deal about not buying a dog.Micah 6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
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Originally posted by Jaxb View PostMy friend and I were having a conversation about dogs and I said that I like dogs. He said that I should buy a dog since I like dogs. I said that even though I like being around dogs and playing with them, I don't feel like owning a pet. My friend told me that I was not making sense by saying that I like dogs, but I don't feel like owning a pet. My friend told me that I'm just cheap and a tightwad for not buying a dog. I kept telling my friend that I'm not being a tightwad. I like being around dogs, but I don't feel like owning as a pet. My friend still insists that I'm a tightwad. We went on and on talking about this for a couple of hours! What do you think about this? I don't see what is the big deal about not buying a dog.Veritas vos Liberabit<>< Learn Greek <>< Look here for an Orthodox Church in America<><Ancient Faith Radio
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostMy dog owns me.Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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Dear Lord, please make me one half the man my dog thinks I am.
Meanwhile, if you're not committed to the responsibility of caring for a dog, you can prove you like them by not taking that on. Like other dogs!The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostDear Lord, please make me one half the man my dog thinks I am.
Meanwhile, if you're not committed to the responsibility of caring for a dog, you can prove you like them by not taking that on. Like other dogs!
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostYeah. Start with a cat. That way if you don't take good care of it, no big deal.
Well, when my girls were little, they asked me to come out to the barn to see something. Rats were tearing into the horse feed and eating it.
My oldest one reminded me "you said if you don't have rats, you don't need cats - and we have rats!"
So, I let them each get a cat, as long as it was an OUTSIDE cat.
Sure enough, over the next few months, I'd occasionally hear some noise on the back porch, and there would be one of the cats with a half-dead rat, mouse, snake, or other vermin. The cat wouldn't kill it until I got to see it, and the cat would kinda bat at the vermin as if to say, "see there? I'm on the job!"
It wasn't long before we seemed to be rid of rats and snakes.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostI never liked cats. My theory was, if you don't have rats, you don't need cats.
Well, when my girls were little, they asked me to come out to the barn to see something. Rats were tearing into the horse feed and eating it.
My oldest one reminded me "you said if you don't have rats, you don't need cats - and we have rats!"
So, I let them each get a cat, as long as it was an OUTSIDE cat.
Sure enough, over the next few months, I'd occasionally hear some noise on the back porch, and there would be one of the cats with a half-dead rat, mouse, snake, or other vermin. The cat wouldn't kill it until I got to see it, and the cat would kinda bat at the vermin as if to say, "see there? I'm on the job!"
It wasn't long before we seemed to be rid of rats and snakes.
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostYeah pretty much, to cats, people are just mild annoyances.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostPeople own dogs - cats have staff.Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostI never liked cats. My theory was, if you don't have rats, you don't need cats.Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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